The Seminar “Plant Health: challenges, opportunities and future” held, co-organized by BIOVEGEN

2020 has been proclaimed the International Year of Plant Health (AISV) by the United Nations Assembly and aims to raise people's awareness of the importance of protecting plant health and preventing the spread of plant pests and diseases. In this context, BIOVEGEN-Plant Biotechnology Technology Platform, and the Association of Biotechnology Communicators, COMUNICABIOTEC, they celebrated last week the Seminar "PLANT HEALTH: challenges, opportunities and future."

This meeting on-line tried the paper, the challenges, opportunities and future of Plant Health within the framework of its communication and dissemination. For this purpose, there were speakers of recognized prestige from the academic, business and informative fields, who conveyed the vision of all the agents of the value chain.

Seminar recording

Seminar program and presentations

11:00 a.m. Welcome and introduction

• José Antonio Plaza, President of COMUNICABIOTEC
• Gonzaga Ruiz de Gauna, Director of BIOVEGEN

11:10 a.m.. Vision of the value chain in plant health

Moderator: Gonzaga Ruiz de Gauna. BIOVEGEN

• Administration. Victoria Montemayor. Attached to the INIA Directorate-National Institute of Agricultural and Food Research and Technology

• Science. María Aránzazu Gómez-Garay. Researcher UCM-Complutense University of Madrid. Former AESAVE President

• Company. Francisco Espinosa. R&D Director. SEIPASA

• Administration. José Manuel González. PNC and Delegate of the H2020 Bioeconomy Social Challenge in Spain. CDTI

• Society. Juan's Solitude. Director. ANTAMA FOUNDATION

11:40 a.m.. Round table: how to communicate the importance of plant health

Moderator: Gemma Lloret. Vice President of COMUNICABIOTEC

12:15 p.m.. Conclusions and closure